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WNBA's Tayler Hill of Minneapolis pregnant with first child

Associated Press

Posted:
12/06/2013 12:01:00 AM CST

Updated:
12/06/2013 03:36:43 PM CST

Washington Mystics guard Tayler Hill is pregnant and will miss at least part of the 2014 WNBA season.

The team said in a statement Friday that the first child for Hill and David Lighty, who like Hill played college basketball at Ohio State, is due in May. Hill is a former Minneapolis South High School star.

Mystics coach and general manager Mike Thibault says Hill "intends to play at some point next season, and we will be glad to welcome her back when she is ready to return."

The fourth overall pick in the 2013 WNBA draft, Hill averaged 6.5 points and 1.7 rebounds last season, which began in late May.